Uncomfortable - Anonymous employee Dentsu Employee Review

2.0
May 21, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Clock in at 930, and out at 530. Some late days once in a blue moon but otherwise, work life balance was on point. Decent benefits package, free food, company events. Office space was outstanding. Some real gems here and there within upper management.

Cons

-Frat/sorority type feel -Questionable hiring decisions and promotions, making internal and cross team communication difficult to take seriously -Some people were just not that great. Senior management mocking workers for their accents during meetings only to be met with laughter from team members can be, to say the least, a big red flag. -A general culture lacking accountability and values

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I’ve been with dentsu for 4 years and I’ve really enjoyed my time. I’ve learned a lot, and worked with very smart people internally and had had interesting clients externally. Making the jump to a big agency was lethal in my professional career. This company offers great flexibility, and awesome PTO. I was able to get promoted, however promotions take a long time.

Cons

Some clients are extremely demanding. Long nights where the clients want to activate something that day or next day and our own internal teams don’t have our back and are also pushing for out of control activations. In my 4 years here, we had one annual salary raise which is not acceptable or fair to everyone. The market rate is way above what we’re getting paid. Dentsu needs to keep up as they’re on the lower end of the pay range and people are leaving because we’re losing hope of ever getting a salary raise when we could job hop and easily get 20% more. Truly disappointing since I have enjoyed my time here. The company has lost major clients and it’s difficult to feel hope for any promotions or raises.

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